Studio portrait of Superintendent Oscar Lipps.
Lipps, Oscar H.
![Oscar Lipps, c. 1914 Oscar Lipps, c. 1914](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/12-03-01.jpg?itok=ELbZ8VRG)
![Transfer of Students from Fort Lapwai to Carlisle Transfer of Students from Fort Lapwai to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f44_74146_0001.jpg?itok=2VdwIGtY)
These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of twenty-five students from the Fort Lapwai Training School to the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: Joe Cook is also known as Joseph Williams.
![Request for Enrollment of Martha Wetenhall Request for Enrollment of Martha Wetenhall](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f28_61551_0008.jpg?itok=of77hzel)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps to enroll Martha Wetenhall at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Complaint Regarding Band Students Complaint Regarding Band Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f43_51164_0063.jpg?itok=lviF57Ty)
This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…
![Request for Enrollment of Several Nez Perce Students Request for Enrollment of Several Nez Perce Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f38_101482_0010.jpg?itok=KwDpK6JU)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll several Nez Perce students, including Rachel Penny and Caleb Carter. Carter required special permission from the Office of Indian Affairs due to his age.
![Personnel Folder of Siceni J. Nori brown folder with "Nori, Siceni J." written on the tab](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Nori%2C%20Siceni%20J._OPF_cover.jpg?itok=jKtDcweN)
Including documents from Siceni J. Nori's time employed as a clerk at Carlisle, this service file was compiled at the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. It comprises mostly of correspondence and official evaluations like efficiency reports.
The folder has been split into two PDFs. The first PDF primarily covers the…
![Claude M. Stauffer Personnel Folder front of brown paper envelope with "Stauffer, C. M." and "Status Retired" written on front](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Stauffer%2C%20Claude%20Maxwell_1874_OPF_cover.jpg?itok=-h6ZmhoU)
This folder includes documents related to Stauffer's time working at Carlisle as the school musical director or band leader. Two thirds of the material relate to how Stauffer left the school. Having been suspended after the 1914 investigation into the school, Stauffer was not formally fired, but his job position was abolished. The other third…
![Request for Enrollment by Joe Welch Request for Enrollment by Joe Welch](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f18_69703_0004.jpg?itok=E-mKH8SI)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joe Welch to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain an education in industrial arts. Welch was informed that as a member of the Chickasaw Nation he could only attend Carlisle by paying tuition but that he could attend Haskell Institute without paying tuition.
![Request for Enrollment of Children of Jackson Ellis Request for Enrollment of Children of Jackson Ellis](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f13_61275_0018.jpg?itok=sTEPWVQp)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Jackson Ellis to have his children enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As Ellis lived in Marble City, Oklahoma and was a member of the Cherokee Nation, his children were not eligible for government assistance. Instead, Ellis was directed to apply to the Haskell Institute where…
![Request for Re-Enrollment by Virginia Gaddy Request for Re-Enrollment by Virginia Gaddy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f21_76409_0002.jpg?itok=fs2iIW0s)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Virginia Gaddy to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after an illness. Gaddy's request was denied due to her mother being a member of the Cherokee Nation.
![Request for Enrollment by Moses P. Kogechiwan Request for Enrollment by Moses P. Kogechiwan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b029_f49_41818_0005_0.jpg?itok=aXNpujnp)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Moses P. Kogechiwan to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as well as letters of recommendation.
![Request for Re-Enrollment of Henry P. Sutton Request for Re-Enrollment of Henry P. Sutton](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f18_86140_0029.jpg?itok=cl9ZORgP)
These materials include correspondence regarding requests for Henry P. Sutton to enter the Carlisle Indian School in order to take a commercial course. Sutton was initially due to his physical health but was later enrolled after paying his own transportation to the school.
![Carlisle Alumni Association Update Carlisle Alumni Association Update](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f15_60113_0010.jpg?itok=6zBShRzB)
These materials include correspondence regarding the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School including its new constitution, a new building in Carlisle, and other news.
![Enrollment Requirements for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools Enrollment Requirements for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f07_120128_0011.jpg?itok=o3E3Bfbo)
These materials include correspondence discussing appropriate requirements for enrollment in government-funded Indian schools. Carlisle's superintendent, Oscar H. Lipps, argues that Carlisle should focus on educating only those Native American children who do not have the financial means or access to education at their homes. Lipps further…
![Request for Enrollment of Milford Henderson Request for Enrollment of Milford Henderson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f37_75106_0036_combined.jpg?itok=HlHU5Vj5)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon learning that his mother was moving to Wisconsin and due to the interceding of the Governor of Utah and…
![Request to Purchase Water Supply for Domestic Purposes for Fiscal Year 1914 Request to Purchase Water Supply for Domestic Purposes for Fiscal Year 1914](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f18_76856_0008.jpg?itok=eQMX4C9q)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account for water supply for domestic purposes for fiscal year 1914. He later corrects that the rate should be $0.03.33 per 1,000 gallons.
A month later, Friedman forwards the same request. First Assistant…
![Request for Return Home of Annie Cole Request for Return Home of Annie Cole](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f40_88677_0041.jpg?itok=lGfIziRD)
These materials include correspondence regarding multiple requests from Alex Cole and Mary Ann Cole to have their daughter, Annie B. Cole, returned home from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Enrollment of Esther and Georgianna Collins Enrollment of Esther and Georgianna Collins](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f03_116376_0004.jpg?itok=MV2YkQJw)
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Esther and Georgianna Collins at the Carlisle Indian School. Some materials relate to the efforts of their mother, Rose Trombly Collins, to secure their enrollment at the school. Later correspondence answers a request by their mother for reimbursement of their transportation…
![Confiscated Postcards Sent to Carlisle Students Confiscated Postcards Sent to Carlisle Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f08_138386_0020_combined.jpg?itok=NiEP81X7)
These materials include postcards sent to female students attending the Carlisle Indian School. These postcards were confiscated by school officials who believed that their subject matter was inappropriate for their recipients. The confiscation was done "in accordance with Section 156 of the Rules for the Indian Service." The confiscated cards…
![Correspondence Regarding Morris Huff Correspondence Regarding Morris Huff](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f32_141359_0063.jpg?itok=OLt4OHUA)
These materials include correspondence regarding a disagreement between Morris Huff and Carlisle's outing authorities regarding his enrollment status at the school. Huff was living with his outing family while no longer a student, and the school objected this arrangement and sought to have Huff reenroll.
![Complaint Made by Percy Parroka Complaint Made by Percy Parroka](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f11_152712_0006.jpg?itok=eaEm_FaU)
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Percy Parroka that he was made to stay under the school rules while working on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania following the expiration of his term of enrollment.
![Explanation of Differences in Payroll Explanation of Differences in Payroll](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f33_24441_0001.jpg?itok=w4VqUsC_)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards employee payroll from the month of February to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards the same payroll to Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps to make corrections regarding how three employees are…
![Request for Funds and Suspension of Superintendent Moses Friedman Request for Funds and Suspension of Superintendent Moses Friedman](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b013_f30_16128_0001.jpg?itok=bu02eqVg)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests funds for the third fractional quarter of 1914.
Lipps requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs refrains from placing a $22,592.29 credit on Moses Friedman's account and instead places it on his own because Friedman has been suspended from his duties…
![Injuries to Francis Pambrun Injuries to Francis Pambrun](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f33_19085_0012.jpg?itok=N1gIiCaf)
These materials contain correspondence regarding a serious injury Francis Pambrun suffered while returning home after having run away from the school.
![Affidavit of Gus Welch First page of typed affidavit](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f03_10144_0021.jpg?itok=b0BaeaoE)
Gus Welch's affidavit discusses the state of the Carlisle athletics program and the conduct of athletic director Glenn Warner. A student at the time, Welch also explains that he believes Warner and Superintendent Friedman conspired to have him away from Carlisle during the investigation due to his role in the getting up of the students'…